#48829E#48829E

#48829E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.074 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48829E
RGB	rgb(72, 130, 158)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.62, -10.73, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.62, 23.39, 242.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.047 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.074 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8244, 19.8102, 35.2783)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#48829E #9E6448

analogous

#489E8F #48829E #48579E

triadic

#48829E #9E4882 #829E48

tetradic

#48829E #8F489E #9E6448 #579E48

square

#48829E #8F489E #9E6448 #579E48

split-complementary

#48829E #9E4857 #9E8F48

monochromatic

#223D4A #355F74 #48829E #69A0BB #93BACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#48829E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#48829E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #48829E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48829E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48829E	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74809F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68779E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48829e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 130, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.074 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a6ba',
    500: '#48829e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48829e;
$custom-light: #81a6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48829e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.535,
    "s": 37.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57849,
    "c": 0.07446,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48829E

secondary

#BA9888

accent

#805ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #48829E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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